On Mon, Jun 09, 2025 at 03:24:11AM +1000, Joshua Root <j...@macports.org> wrote:
> On 5/6/2025 16:10, raf via macports-dev wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 04, 2025 at 09:42:42PM +1000, Joshua Root <j...@macports.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Just a heads up that I'm planning to create a new release branch and tag a > > > 2.11.0 beta soon. Is there anything that we'd really like to get into > > > master > > > ahead of that? > > > > > > - Josh > > > > Can I just say that I'd like to be given lots of notice > > before the 2.11 version comes out. My understanding is > > that it will be the first version that no longer > > supports macos 10.4. Perhaps this is that notice. So > > I'd like to be able to get my 10.4 laptop up to date > > before 2.11. I'll do an update on my 20ish year old > > laptop right now :-). > > There will be at least one beta and one release candidate, which will be > announced as usual. When the final version is released, selfupdate on 10.4 > will fail. 'port sync' will still work, and new features are not supposed to > be used in the ports tree for two weeks after a major release, so you will > have that long before you need to stop syncing to avoid breaking things. > > We also always create a tag in the ports repo at the time of a new base > release. > > - Josh That's great (of course). Thanks. cheers, raf
